Le Bons Bay Surf Break

Le Bons Bay Surf Guide

Lat Long: 43.74° S 173.10° E

Issued: 11 am 21 Jun 2026 (local time)

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Today's Le Bons Bay sea temperature is
11.8° C

2.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year

Le Bons Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Le Bons Bay Surf Guide

Le Bons Bay in Canterbury is an exposed beach break that has fairly consistent surf and can work at any time of the year. The best wind direction is from the west southwest. Waves just as likely from local windswells as from distant groundswells and the best swell direction is from the east southeast. The beach break offers both left and right hand waves. When it's working here, it can get crowded. Watch out for rips and rocks.

Le Bons Bay Spot Info

Type:Rating:Reliability:Todays Sea Temp*:
Beach3fairly consistent
11.8°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite

Surfing Le Bons Bay:

The best conditions reported for surf at Le Bons Bay occur when a East-southeast swell combines with an offshore wind direction from the West-southwest.

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Le Bons Bay Surf Forecasts:
Todays Surf Summary
Sunday, 21 June 2026, 13:55 Local Time
Sunday 21Mon
3PM6PM9PM0AM
Wave (m)
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.5
NE
0.4
NE
Period (s) 10 10 10 10
Wind (km/h)
5
10
10
5
Wind State glass cross-
off		 cross-
off		 cross-
off

Tides at Le Bons Bay

Current tide and informaton
For Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay, 7 km from Le Bons Bay.
Next High Water: 09:36pm | 1.87m
Tidal range Clock
Next Low Water: 03:20pm | 0.17m
IS AT (local time)

Le Bons Bay Sea Temperature

The water temperature (11.8 °C) at Le Bons Bay is fairly cold. Surfers will need a quality steamer wetsuit, a neoprene hood, gloves and boots because it will be cloudy with an effective air temperature of (5.0 °C).

Today, many surfers would wear a winter wetsuit, a neoprene hood, gloves and boots.
Current Temp*: 11.8°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite
water-temp
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Swell History at Le Bons Bay

Surf stats for Le Bons Bay, see the swell variation by month or season on the history page here.

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Wind History at Le Bons Bay

Wind stats for Le Bons Bay, see the variation in direction and stength by month or season on the history page here.

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